Olympus OM-D EM-5 vs Canon EOS M Auto Focus Comparison
Yes, the EOS M’s AF is way slower than the EM-5′s AF. It’s a pity on an otherwise such well performing camera as the Canon EOS M. Tomek Kulas at M43.eu wanted to know how much slower than the EM-5. The video above shows a simple test: pointing both cams to the same subject and using touch-to-shoot.
Canon please give us a firmware update that fixes the issue!!
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Bob B.
6 months ago |Wait…what is that over on the Oly..oh…oh….I think it’s a viewfinder?…isn’t it???
WT21
6 months ago |EOS M is a non-starter until the fix this (among other issues)
Steve
6 months ago |What’s with the extra blackout after every shot on the EOS M.
PP
6 months ago |That’s the blackout delay between playback and liveview. Again, much slower than OMD. If you watch close, OMD does the same, but barely noticeable.
Canon, what are you doing?
One More Thought
6 months ago |Canon needs to learn what Apple seems to know: that tech products need to feel quick and responsive in order to really succeed in the market. How a product feels does matter to the buying public.
Canon should know by now that people want a camera that has a fast and responsive AF; and there’s no reason why Canon cannot deliver that right now in a mirrorless camera.
Steve
6 months ago |Maybe they want to clearing differentiate performance between the EOS M line and their DSLRs.
CanonEOSPunk
6 months ago |Move along everyone, nothing to see here…
Canon screwed the pooch on this one, next release will be marginally better, at best
Go get a Rebel T4i for your best bang with Canon lenses.
Purzo
6 months ago |May be it’s speed as AF from Offline OM-D to online and shot.
FMJ
6 months ago |is this Joke of the day? : )
with this kind of speed, might as well MF….. total failure by Canon. response is slow too, priced high as well, sigh….
mjp
6 months ago |…i’m not a canon fanboy but this is gen 1, remember olympus’ gen 1 pen camera? number 1 complaint – AF speed. Also sony’s gen 1 ILC, slow focus. If all is the same, canon will issue a firmware that improves AF speed, but only slightly. The next generation will double AF speed or fix it altogether.
Eroz18
6 months ago |Looking at this video, I think that Canon EOS M captures real-looking images compared to Olympus OMD EM-5, which shows more saturated colors on its images.